By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
Did you know you could make plastic out of milk, dissolve the shell of an egg or make a solar oven out a pizza box?
These experiments and more await children on the SAS: Serious About STEM Facebook page.
A Leadership 310 Team at Fort Hays State University was supposed to sponsor an in-person FHSU Science Festival in collaboration with Dr. Paul Adams and the College of Education this spring. However, social distancing requirements made that impossible.
The students opted to move the science festival online.
They have posted videos and links to a variety of science lectures and experiments that can be either viewed or replicated at home.
The team's mission is to see youth excited about all things STEM.
"We were really upset that we were not able to do an in-person science festival," the FHSU team said by email, "but are using our available technology in order to maintain our mission of engaging and educating youth about all STEM has to offer. We have content on our page that ranges from coding to astronomy to anatomy!"
"We hope that the Facebook page will have a long-lasting effect within the Hays community and surrounding areas," the team said. "It has been created to be a resource that will eventually supplement the on-campus festival that is hoped for in the coming fall semester."